ERIC Number: EJ833687
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 43
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ISSN: ISSN-0827-3383
Turkish Mothers' Verbal Interaction Practices and Self-Efficacy Beliefs regarding Their Children with Expressive Language Delay
Diken, Ibrahim H.; Diken, Ozlem
International Journal of Special Education, v23 n3 p110-117 2008
The purpose of this study was to explore Turkish mothers' verbal interaction practices and their maternal self-efficacy beliefs regarding their children with expressive language delay. Participants included 33 Turkish mothers of children with expressive language delay. Results indicated that mothers in general use child directed talk strategies or practice appropriate verbal interactions with their children with expressive language delay and in general had high level of self-efficacy. Mothers who felt themselves efficacious most of the time while communication with their children with expressive language delay used verbal interaction practices more than mothers who felt themselves efficacious sometimes. Results were discussed extensively. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Delayed Speech, Mothers, Self Efficacy, Language Impairments, Parent Child Relationship, Expressive Language, Foreign Countries
International Journal of Special Education. 2889 Highbury Street, Vancouver, BC V6R 3T7, Canada. Web site: http://www.internationaljournalofspecialeducation.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Turkey

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